To answer your question properly Jason (just in case there's any potential punters reading ) I'll soon be launching our new website which will see the official introduction of 'Swindon Car & Van Classic Collection' and will be offering original unrestored 2CV based vans for around £3,000-£4,000 + VAT or fully restored examples for between £12,000-£14,000 + VAT depending on model and specification964RS wrote:Darren, loved this thread. Great skills all round and cool finished product.
I have to ask though - how much is something like this finished actually worth?
And how much do you spend in getting it to this standard?
All through it I have thought this must cost way more to do than it's worth.....but I only have vintage Porsche experience and if you are not doing it yourself we all know how big those bills can get!!
Obviously quite a price although if I were to work out true cost on a commercial basis for mechanical/paint at £45/£35 per hour then I expect I'd be making a loss. But then this isn't really for profit, just tremendous fun and the restorations are great fill-in work that break up general day to day stuff. I could sell the vans for much less by cutting back on detail and parts and by using liberal amounts of filler but then that's not my style.
The plan is to market the vans to business users mainly for promotional purposes although hope they'll also be used as a proper workhorse. Considering all the attention this van received in Bath on Friday for a business it's a tiny marketing cost and will remain a valueable asset.
I only plan to sell one or two vans a year and i'm looking forward to see what interest there is - if worst case scenario I don't find any buyers at least I'll have some interesting new vans for the hire fleet!
Cheers,